Chin-ch'eng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 晉城 / 晋城 (Jìnchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chin⁴-chʻêng².

Proper noun

Chin-ch'eng

1. Alternative form of Jincheng
   • 1968, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China‎^[1], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 163:

     Microlithic finds in a ceramic context have been discovered as far south as Chin-ch’eng Hsien and Kao-tu Hsien in southeastern Shansi.

   • 1973, Authority, Participation and Cultural Change in China: Essays by a European Study Group‎^[2], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 180:

     Although the scale of such projects is rather small, they are numerous. In Chin-ch’eng county (Shansi province), 1,779 of the 1,915 industrial units - that is more than 92% - are administered at the brigade level.

   • 1976, Sidney L. Greenblatt, editor, The People of Taihang‎^[3], White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 196:

     Chin-ch'eng was liberated in 1945.

Translations

Jincheng — see Jincheng